Breeder: Adolph Mailliard
Owner: 1) Wilbur Pierce, 2) R. Harvey, 3) Theodore Winters.
Photo and info on:
http://www.tbheritage.com/Portraits/JoeHooker.html
Stud fee of $50, nicked well with Norfolk daughters.
Died at Winters' Rancho del Rio farm on Wednesday evening, October 2 1895 (per SF Call newspaper, 10-4-95).
Joe Hooker was a bright chestnut with a wide-blazed face and some irregular white markings, including a patch on his near fore knee, and a hind stocking that trailed up his leg almost to his gaskin. He eventually grew to 16 hands in height.